Given name & surname
Chun
“born during spring”·“born during the spring”
Chun is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “born during spring” (Chinese) and “born during the spring” (Chinese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Hebrewכון
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “born during spring” (Chinese) and “born during the spring” (Chinese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Chinese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Chun appears in 1 Chronicles 18:8.
From biblical name research
Chun through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 120
- 98 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,820 as a first name in 2020; 12,893 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chun’s family of names
In English usage, Chun as a surname has a related form in JEON. In English usage, Chun as a surname has a related form in JEON.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Chun
- Emperor Xianzong of Tangemperor of the Tang Dynasty778–820
- Chun Wei CheungDutch rower (1972–2006)
- Chun WangChinese-born Maltesian entrepreneurborn 1982
- Yi Ch'ungrandfather of king Taejo of Joseon ? - 1342)1300–1342
- Du ChunChinese actorborn 1981
- Jun MorinagaJapanese photographer (1937- 2018)
Characters named Chun: Yang Chun (Water Margin character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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